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ぼくたちは勉強ができない / Bokutachi wa benkyō ga dekinai #21
ぼくたちは勉強ができない 21
できない娘たちの教育指導的ラブコメ完結！ 「Route:if」真冬編では教師になった成幸が桐須先生に告白!? そして最後に語られる［x］なる物語とは…!?
224 pages, Paperback
First published March 4, 2021
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47 books22 followersTaishi Tsutsui 筒井大志 (Tsutsui Taishi) is a japanese mangaka.
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May 18, 2022
With one route left to go, Nariyuki and his gaggle of girls come in for the final volume of one long series. This time out, Mafuyu is no longer Nariyuki’s teacher, but she was, so just how woefully inappropriate could that romance possibly be?
Hey, twenty-one volumes later, we’ve finally reached the end of the road for these shenanigans, such as they were, and credit where it’s due, the mangaka carries through on the promise of the previous four volumes and delivers a full-on teacher and former student relationship. Fairly ironic since this is the one where participants are most likely to be pleading the Fifth.
The problem with this story arc and, consequently, the entire volume, is that it’s both predictable and a little dull. I mean, this has never been a series that didn’t love a butt, especially Mafuyu’s, so there’s more than a little time spent in the rareified derri-air for those of you who were worried on that front.
With Mafuyu, however, the teaching stuff reached its natural conclusion when the girls passed their exams prior to these endings and there was a delightful little capstone to that, so we’re getting the same thing again except now Nariyuki is slightly more legal and the emotional core’s been removed.
Arguably, they could have done a lot more with Mafuyu’s ice skating career since that was a pivotal aspect of her backstory, but it merely shows up as little more than a footnote. It was at least not quite beaten to death like her slovenly tendencies (make your own ‘say yes to the mess’ joke). Heck, they could have leaned into that goofball time travel storyline!
The romance between Mafuyu and Nariyuki is charming enough, his heart’s in the right place and all, and they smartly have him instigate this, avoiding a lot of questionable ethical landmines that this would otherwise conjure up. Most of their courtship wrangles with this dilemma and Nariyuki’s lessons he learned from his father, which gives it a bit more oomph than it would otherwise manage.
Trust me, if you were hardcore waiting for this, I think you’ll be mostly okay with the result. It just could’ve been better. Then again, the writing in this series has never been consistently strong enough for my liking as a rule.
After all that we get a final chapter that wraps up the series by featuring the return of practically every female cast member, which leads to a rather silly resolution and a couple of extras. It’s not the worst way to end things and I appreciated the detailed author notes on the character designs too.
And, finally, there IS a gag manga at the back that briefly goes down the OTHER route not explored, you know the one, and, again, props to the author for daring to even entertain it (and since it’s neither the focus of the book and amusingly ridiculous, it sneaks by). That made me snicker, I admit.
3 stars - maybe a 3.5 if I was feeling super sentimental, but this is a good enough ending to an okay harem series. Do I regret sticking with it for all twenty-one volumes? No, I don’t. Would I do it all over again? Eh, honestly, probably not, but it was a fun enough read at times.
Hey, twenty-one volumes later, we’ve finally reached the end of the road for these shenanigans, such as they were, and credit where it’s due, the mangaka carries through on the promise of the previous four volumes and delivers a full-on teacher and former student relationship. Fairly ironic since this is the one where participants are most likely to be pleading the Fifth.
The problem with this story arc and, consequently, the entire volume, is that it’s both predictable and a little dull. I mean, this has never been a series that didn’t love a butt, especially Mafuyu’s, so there’s more than a little time spent in the rareified derri-air for those of you who were worried on that front.
With Mafuyu, however, the teaching stuff reached its natural conclusion when the girls passed their exams prior to these endings and there was a delightful little capstone to that, so we’re getting the same thing again except now Nariyuki is slightly more legal and the emotional core’s been removed.
Arguably, they could have done a lot more with Mafuyu’s ice skating career since that was a pivotal aspect of her backstory, but it merely shows up as little more than a footnote. It was at least not quite beaten to death like her slovenly tendencies (make your own ‘say yes to the mess’ joke). Heck, they could have leaned into that goofball time travel storyline!
The romance between Mafuyu and Nariyuki is charming enough, his heart’s in the right place and all, and they smartly have him instigate this, avoiding a lot of questionable ethical landmines that this would otherwise conjure up. Most of their courtship wrangles with this dilemma and Nariyuki’s lessons he learned from his father, which gives it a bit more oomph than it would otherwise manage.
Trust me, if you were hardcore waiting for this, I think you’ll be mostly okay with the result. It just could’ve been better. Then again, the writing in this series has never been consistently strong enough for my liking as a rule.
After all that we get a final chapter that wraps up the series by featuring the return of practically every female cast member, which leads to a rather silly resolution and a couple of extras. It’s not the worst way to end things and I appreciated the detailed author notes on the character designs too.
And, finally, there IS a gag manga at the back that briefly goes down the OTHER route not explored, you know the one, and, again, props to the author for daring to even entertain it (and since it’s neither the focus of the book and amusingly ridiculous, it sneaks by). That made me snicker, I admit.
3 stars - maybe a 3.5 if I was feeling super sentimental, but this is a good enough ending to an okay harem series. Do I regret sticking with it for all twenty-one volumes? No, I don’t. Would I do it all over again? Eh, honestly, probably not, but it was a fun enough read at times.
January 18, 2023
And my personal favorite romcom manga is finished. I can’t say enough wonderful things about this series. It is one of the best harem manga that I’ve ever read and ranks up there with the all time greats. These last few volumes with their alternate romantic paths were great with this one and Uruka’s the best. Boy, will I miss these characters! They made me laugh louder then any other and also had me shedding a tear or two. I look forward to the creators future work. A 5 star series!
July 17, 2022
Kirisu Sensi ends the series, along with a special chapter. This volume, as with the last, doesn't have Rizu, Uruka or Fumino, nor Asumi this time. I would have liked to have seen them, especially since Uruka Fumino and Rizu's all had all five girls. I do like though that we got to see Nariyuki's whole family here. It was also really cute that Kirisu Sensi was the girl who helped Nari years ago.
March 18, 2023
I hated this pairing throughout the story. Besides the fact that it's a pairing between a teacher and a student, the way Nariyuki spent so much time cleaning up after a borderline hoarder was really unsettling and icky to me. Kirisu needed therapy, not an enabler.
All that said, I ended up liking this route much better than I thought I would. I was very relieved that there was a time skip before the actual relationship started. Moreover, I was pleasantly surprised to see Kirisu's personality problems be acknowledged and addressed as crippling despair instead of just played off for laughs like it usually is in the earlier manga. Plus, being able to justify Nariyuki as someone who has also grown in maturity enough that the gap between them isn't so egregious
I still don't like the pairing throughout the bulk of the story, but seeing someone who was bound by despair be newly able to look forward to being alive made this a much more touching ending than I was expecting, and worth the #2 spot to me.
All that said, I ended up liking this route much better than I thought I would. I was very relieved that there was a time skip before the actual relationship started. Moreover, I was pleasantly surprised to see Kirisu's personality problems be acknowledged and addressed as crippling despair instead of just played off for laughs like it usually is in the earlier manga. Plus, being able to justify Nariyuki as someone who has also grown in maturity enough that the gap between them isn't so egregious
I still don't like the pairing throughout the bulk of the story, but seeing someone who was bound by despair be newly able to look forward to being alive made this a much more touching ending than I was expecting, and worth the #2 spot to me.
July 5, 2022
Tis the final volume and it's time for the final (official) ship Nariyuki x Kirisu.
Personally, this is my least favorite one, because of the ethical no-no that is a teacher x student relationship. But... thankfully this series aged him up into an adult first. At that point, you're an adult and you can make your own decisions. Still a bit weird, but nowhere near as bad as the sister. No... just no.
BUT this isn't the final ending. And I'm not going to spoil it. This is the first series I've found that actually gives all the romantic interests a happy ending with the protagonist without it being an I-Can't-Choose or polyamory thing. So extra points for creativity (I'm Team Uruka) Harem rom-coms that are full of fanservice aren't usually my thing but this one is definitely something special.
This series has 21 volumes.
Personally, this is my least favorite one, because of the ethical no-no that is a teacher x student relationship. But... thankfully this series aged him up into an adult first. At that point, you're an adult and you can make your own decisions. Still a bit weird, but nowhere near as bad as the sister. No... just no.
BUT this isn't the final ending. And I'm not going to spoil it. This is the first series I've found that actually gives all the romantic interests a happy ending with the protagonist without it being an I-Can't-Choose or polyamory thing. So extra points for creativity (I'm Team Uruka) Harem rom-coms that are full of fanservice aren't usually my thing but this one is definitely something special.
This series has 21 volumes.
May 31, 2022
And thus ends a simply wonderful manga.
This hands down has to be the best series I've read in a long, long time. I loved all the girls, I envied Nariyuki, and all the hilarious compromising situations, especially with Maifuyu-Sensei. So many genuinely LOL moments, and also many touching, poignant moments, too. I can't express fully just how much I enjoyed this series. I fully recommend it!
This hands down has to be the best series I've read in a long, long time. I loved all the girls, I envied Nariyuki, and all the hilarious compromising situations, especially with Maifuyu-Sensei. So many genuinely LOL moments, and also many touching, poignant moments, too. I can't express fully just how much I enjoyed this series. I fully recommend it!
December 28, 2024
And the series ends with the groomer route, let's gooooo what a shitpost of a way to end this series. Hey, some of the ending chapters were sweet even if it started off as being pretty garbage. Ah well, the series is done with! We Never Learn had cute art, was never quite as funny as it needed to be, relied a lot on tired tropes and ecchi to carry it, but could pull off some sweet moments when it really needed to.
December 13, 2021
開放式的夢結局算你厲害~
總算完結了，我以全始終了
之後可以擺脫後宮作了
以後誰跟我說後宮作好看我都不信了!!!
總算完結了，我以全始終了
之後可以擺脫後宮作了
以後誰跟我說後宮作好看我都不信了!!!
December 18, 2021
回合制的戀愛喜劇作品
而劇情跳過幾集好像也沒差
曾有考慮買有出現喜愛角色的集數，但想想我對這部也沒多喜歡，就算了
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無法體會為什麼老師的人氣大於其他角色的總和
而劇情跳過幾集好像也沒差
曾有考慮買有出現喜愛角色的集數，但想想我對這部也沒多喜歡，就算了
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無法體會為什麼老師的人氣大於其他角色的總和
May 4, 2024
Cierra finalmente la serie de la que nunca aprendemos con la ruta de Mafuyu.
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